Tanzania: Tanesco approves Mbeya coal scheme for export market
Issue 391
- 03 May 2019
| 1 minute read
Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has given Kibo Energy the go-ahead to develop the Mbeya coal-to-power project to supply the export market. The decision comes after AIM-listed Kibo was dropped in February from a tender to supply 600MW for domestic use. The plant will be situated next to the Rukwa coal mine owned by Kibo in the Songwe region of south-west Tanzania close to the border with Zambia.
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